zep wrote: > > On 05/29/2014 12:11 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: >> On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 10:46 AM, <m.roth at 5-cent.us> wrote: >>> I agree. But I do need a third quote, though I suppose I could get a >>> reseller along with Dell and the HP. I was sort of looking for anther >>> vendor that's got 64 cores in 1U (the Dell's 2U). >> If you are looking for density, shouldn't you be using blade systems? >> I think both HP and Dell have blades that can go to 64 cores. >> > I suspect it's total cores per machine + density; I dunno if > HP/Dell/anyone else can do that sort of density on cores > with blades. I have some IBM 3850s that seem to get close (and I'd > gladly give them to all sorts of people that I greatly dislike) > > if blades are an option, Cisco UCS blades seems to work > quite well for us, but I don't think they get much over the > dual proc hexacore range. No, I'm not looking at blades. They're $$$, while the Dell & HP are in the $13k range. mark